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HR 4646 101th Congress House Taxation Corporate mergers Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign investments Income tax Interest Stocks Tax deductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat as an asset acquisition any hostile qualified stock purchase by a foreign person and to limit the deduction for certain interest where a foreign…

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat as an asset acquisition any hostile qualified stock purchase by a foreign person and to limit the deduction for certain interest where a foreign person acquires control of a domestic corporation.

Introduced: April 26, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 26, 1990
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amend the Internal Revenue Code to require that a hostile stock purchase by a foreign person in a corporate takeover be treated as an asset acquisition by the purchasing corporation.

Disallows an income tax deduction for interest on any indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry corporate stock in the domestic corporation.

What's happening now April 26, 1990

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 26, 1990
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 26, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4646: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat as an asset acquisition any hostile qualified stock purchase by a foreign person and to limit the deduction for certain interest where a foreign person acquires control of a domestic corporation.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4646/
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"H.R. 4646: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat as an asset acquisition any hostile qualified stock purchase by a foreign person and to limit the deduction for certain interest where a foreign person acquires control of a domestic corporation.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4646/.
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H.R. 4646, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4646/.
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[H.R. 4646: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat as an asset acquisition any hostile qualified stock purchase by a foreign person and to limit the deduction for certain interest where a foreign person acquires control of a domestic corporation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4646/)
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